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Apr 2023
30m 20s

Obamacare Threatened Again

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Lawrence Gostin, Faculty Director of the O’Neill Institute for National and Global Health at Georgetown University, discusses a Texas judge’s decision invalidating the Affordable Care Act requirement that private health insurers fully cover preventive health screenings at no cost to patients. Appellate attorney Steven Klepper, a principal at Kramon & Graham, discusses the Appellate Court of Maryland reinstating Adnan Syed’s conviction. June Grasso hosts.

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